Industrial Disease
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A fitter has won nearly £7,000 in compensation after suffering damage to his hearing as a result of exposure to noise at work. The 66-year-old man began working for his employer in 1967 but was not provided with hearing protection until the early...
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A manual worker at a nuclear waste plant has won £35,000 in compensation for injuries he sustained as a result of working with vibrating tools. The unnamed 49-year-old was a process worker at the Sellafield nuclear plant, where he had worked with...
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Exposure to high noise levels can cause permanent hearing loss or tinnitus. A former plant operator recently received £4,000 in compensation for damage to his hearing caused by frequent working in a noisy environment. Albert Shaw, 72, worked for a...
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A call handler has won over £100,000 in compensation after she developed severe hearing problems and was forced to give up her job. Beverly Thompson, 48, worked from home as a call handler for the AA. The company gave her a new headset in late 2005...
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A worker whose job involved the regular and frequent use of vibrating tools has won an out-of-court settlement after his hands were permanently damaged as a result. The unnamed 53-year-old man worked for steel maker Corus at its plant in Rotherham. He...
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The case of a healthcare worker who had to abandon her career because of a potentially fatal allergy to latex has finally been settled. Fiona Moore, 37, worked in the dermatology department at York Hospital. She developed an allergy to latex protein as a...
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A factory worker who developed asthma soon after being exposed to dangerous fumes has won £20,000 in compensation. The unnamed 42-year-old woman from Gateshead worked in a factory which makes electric generators and motors for use in the aerospace...
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A welder whose hearing was damaged as a result of exposure to excessive noise levels in the workplace has won £12,750 in damages. John Walton, 46, worked for three different employers between 1978 and 2007 and in each job he worked in a noisy...
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A fitter whose hands have been permanently damaged through the regular use of vibrating tools at work has been awarded damages. Anthony Barry, 61, worked for the car manufacturer Ford for 33 years. During that time he used a variety of hand-held vibrating...
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A fitter who developed Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) after working with vibrating power tools for many years has won compensation for his injury. Keith Rowley, 55, first noticed the onset of HAVS six years ago. He now finds that his fingers turn white...
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A man with the debilitating industrial disease Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) has won a substantial sum in compensation. Alexander Simpson, 60, worked for an engineering company and using vibrating tools was part of his job. Up until 2007, he used one...
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A former concrete technician who developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) has received compensation for his injury. For more than 22 years, Paul Flintoff, 46, worked for a company that made concrete casts for use in the building of tunnels. During the 1980s,...
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A recent case sounds a warning bell for employers who fail to take their responsibilities under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) seriously. It concerned a printer who was exposed to a chemical linked with kidney...
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Two workers who developed occupational deafness after being exposed to excessive levels of noise at work have won compensation. The first claim was brought by a 50-year-old machine fitter who worked in a noisy factory environment but was never warned about...
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A young father who developed Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) and was subsequently forced to give up his skilled trade has been awarded compensation for his injury. Ben Wright, now 29, started work as an apprentice panel beater when he was 16 years of...
